Curly film
[posted at 19:00 GMT]
Just a quick note, maybe only for myself as note for the future, who knows.
I have heard from more people (mostly from US/Canada), that Fomapan films
are curling too much and they have problems to scan them or but them
anywhere flat. Well I was just scanning Kodak 125PX. It was curling like a
hell when I was putting it to development tank. And now it is almost
impossible to keep it flat for scanning. It always jump out before I close
holder on Minolta 5400.
There was something specific on this film, which let me think. This film I
have got as gift from friend. Film was about 5-10 years after expiration.
So rather old. Maybe you guys from US/Canada are buying these Foma films
rather old. Maybe not expired, but maybe these films already spent some
time on shelfs. And that is reason for curling.
I never had curling problem with Foma films. I buy them fresh in Prague.
When I buy them they still have 2-4 years to expiration sometimes more.
After development they are holding flat like any other film. When I was
using Kodak 125 PX regularly, it was also fresh and I also didn't have any
problem with curling. So really maybe if the film is long time in container
it just keep that curl form when out of it ;-)
